MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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